Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 270
In fact, Gao Pragmatic has thought about these issues, but he can't tell Gao Gong, "I believe Sanbo, you can handle them"-isn't this the same as directly dumping the blame on Sanbo?

Oh, you kid just want to be refreshing, and I, as the third uncle, deserve to wipe your ass after the work is over?

It is true that Gao Gong has adopted many suggestions from Gao Pragmatism, but it does not mean that he will unconditionally support this kid's reckless behavior—there are also many suggestions that he did not adopt, and the suggestions that he said he would "slow down" after he adopted it?
After all, Gao Gong is a very assertive politician, and the suggestions Gao Yushi gave him can only be adopted by him when they are optimized on the basis of his original thinking.As for the current situation, it is obvious that Gao Gong thinks that Gao Yushi does not need to go to the border in person to get things done. On the contrary, if Gao Yushi really goes, it may cause a lot of gossip in Beijing.

Chen Yiqin had just resigned for less than half a month, and many people in the political circle believed that he took the initiative to resign because he could not bear to be splinted between the Gao Zhang League and the Li Zhao League. It was also affected to some extent, so he didn't want Gao Yushi to dance too much at this time, causing him to be set on fire by the officials again - he felt that if the matter developed to that extent, Zhao Zhenji would definitely use it from it. force.

This is like two masters fighting each other, most of them will not do it casually, because the more eager to do it, the easier it is to expose their weaknesses, so now Gao Gong wants to stay calm for a while, and see what Zhao Zhenji will do next.

And there is one more thing, Gao Gong didn't tell Gao pragmatically: Meng Chong sent someone to contact Gao Gong a few days ago, saying that Yin Shidan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had secretly contacted people in the inner court, hoping to join the cabinet.

This is not in the slightest Gao Gong’s expectation—Yin Shidan also worked as a lecturer in Prince Yu’s Mansion. Although he joined at a later stage and did not “play the whole audience”, Zhang Juzheng also entered halfway in the same way. how many years!
Now, Yin Shidan is the only one among the lecturers in Prince Yu's Mansion who has not joined the cabinet. Of course, he is very itchy in his heart, and it is normal to have such a behavior.

However, the reason why Gao Gong did not tell Gao Wushi about this matter was not because he deliberately wanted to hide it from him. The main reason was that Gao Gong knew that Yin Shidan had a bad temper and was too tough and straightforward. His popularity is not as high as his tall beard. This person wants to join the cabinet... I'm afraid that he might not be able to pass the hurdle of Ting Tui.

At this time, Gao Gong certainly did not expect that Yin Shidan's entry into the cabinet in history was not the normal route of court promotion - he followed the route of the inner court and took the emperor's decree to enter the cabinet.

As mentioned earlier, although it is indeed feasible for Zhongzhi to join the cabinet, in this case, the status of this "Ge Lao" is equivalent to being mixed with water in the eyes of the world, and his quality is relatively poor. Entered the cabinet like this.Gao Gong thought the same way, so he miscalculated.

But in any case, now that Yin Shidan has the possibility of joining the cabinet, Gao Gong has to consider whether his joining will affect the current general balance of the cabinet. It is one of the reasons why officials must be calm because of the fire.

So now there is a contradiction: Gao Pragmatism needs to constantly demonstrate his ability to strengthen his status and importance in the eyes of the emperor's family, so as to avoid the result of "the wind will destroy it" in the future; There is a turbulent undercurrent in the hall, the Gao-Zhang Alliance and the Li-Zhao Alliance may soon meet each other, and there is such an uncertain factor as Yin Shidan, so I do not support Gao Yushi's current move that is too attention-grabbing.

Of course, the arm can't twist the thigh, and neither public nor private has the strength to disagree with Gao Gong, but he is not a person who gives up easily, so he thought about it and decided to use another method - or another angle to persuade Gao Gong .

Convincing Gao Gong, a politician who is good at planning the country but not good at personal management, is of course difficult to say, because he is difficult to be fooled, but it is also easy to say, because his starting point for dealing with people is too clear-as early as When Gao Yushi followed him to Beijing, Gao Gong once told him very seriously: Being an official is to do things, and being a high-ranking official is to do great things.

Gao Gong's words are not only a teaching to the younger generation, but also a code of conduct for himself.So Gao Yushi knows that if he wants to persuade Gao Gong, he must and can only make a fuss about "doing things".

"Sanbo, there was an anecdote from the Ministry of Military Affairs a few days ago, saying that some guards' ordnance was manufactured indiscriminately, and the pass rate was even less than [-]%. A lot of anger..."

When Gao Wushi said this, he saw that Gao Gong had obviously paid attention, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and continued: "I once heard Cao Gan report that he heard from the conversation with Ma Lanxi that the Xuanfu and Datong frontier troops were very well equipped. Terrible, especially firearms, the quality is extremely poor, and the chamber explodes at every turn, failing to kill the enemy, but hurting oneself instead."

Gao Gong frowned, and said: "I've heard about this too, and that's one of the reasons why I said just now that I want to rectify military affairs." What he meant was: I know about this, but I have my own Plan, don't try to persuade me with this reason.

But Gao Wushi was not in a hurry, and continued: "Before, my nephew was very curious, why the southern army under Qi Nantang liked to equip bird blunderbuss, while Xuanda and Ji Liao, these northern armies preferred three-eyed blunderbuss... Later After detailed investigation and comparison, my nephew finally found the reason."

Gao Gong frowned: "What's the reason?"

Gao Wushi smiled, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "The three-eyed blunderbuss can fire iron bullets from a distance, and can be used in hand-to-hand combat at close range. Therefore, when soldiers are about to fight, they can pretend that they are too late to reload, and instead of using it as a firearm, they can directly use it for close-to-hand combat. , so that suicide and self-mutilation caused by bombing can be avoided.”

Gao Gong was stunned when he heard this, and after a while, his face turned blue, suppressing his anger, he asked in a deep voice, "Is this a common phenomenon?"

"Yes." Gao Wushi said with certainty: "Cao Gan and the others have not dealt with the Xuan and Dabian armies for a day or two, not even a year or two. Gunpowder and projectiles, and a three-eyed blunderbuss are only used as iron maces. The reason is that these things are too uneasy to use as firearms. It is better to use them as iron maces. Can hit people."

"Boom!" There was a sound, Gao Gong slapped the table hard, and said angrily: "Bastard! How did this kind of thing pass so many inspections and finally be distributed to the soldiers? Is it true that the important officials at all levels Have you all accepted bribes! The crime should be punished!"

It's not up to Gao Wushi to punish Gao Wushi if he is not punished properly, so he remained silent and did not speak.

Gao Gong gritted his teeth for a while, and then forcefully suppressed his anger, and continued to ask: "Then why did Qi Yuanjing's subordinates use bird guns? People under his subordinates are not afraid of suicide and self-mutilation?"

(End of this chapter)